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Old Bexley and Sidcup

Shows the general election results for Old Bexley and Sidcup, which is a constituency in Greater London. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 66,005 and a turnout of 72.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

CON
Conservative Hold
James Brokenshire
Majority
15,466
Electorate
66,005
Turnout
72.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Con 61.5%
Lab 29.3%
UKIP 3.4%
LD 3.3%
Green 1.7%
BNP 0.7%
CPA 0.2%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
James Brokenshire  Con 29,545 61.5 8.7
Danny Hackett  Lab 14,079 29.3 10.3
Freddy Vachha * UKIP 1,619 3.4 -14.9
Drew Heffernan * LD 1,572 3.3 -0.2
Derek Moran * Green 820 1.7 -1.2
Michael Jones * BNP 324 0.7 0.2
Chinwe Nwadikeduruibe * CPA 83 0.2 0.2
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Con Lab UKIP LD Green BNP CPA National Health Action Party Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship Eng Dem Ind MRLP Oth
2005 50.0% 28.0% 4.5% 13.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.6%
2010 54.1% 19.3% 3.4% 15.4% 0.8% 4.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.1% 0.9% 0.3% 0.0%
2015 52.8% 19.0% 18.2% 3.5% 2.9% 0.5% 0.0% 2.6% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 61.5% 29.3% 3.4% 3.3% 1.7% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
201 Old Bexley and Sidcup 32.2%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
159 Old Bexley and Sidcup 61.5%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
147 Old Bexley and Sidcup 72.8%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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